A thief has been jailed for 16 months after targeting supermarkets and stores during a four-month shoplifting crime spree.

Derby Crown Court heard how Jordan Werkowski-Freeman carried out his crimes in Borrowash, Ilkeston, Sawley, Long Eaton, Sandiacre and Stapleford on 39 occasions between July and November of this year.

The 28-year-old drug addict also committed three burglaries and took three bicycles, one of which belonged to a 13-year-old boy, that the teenager had been left outside Trent Lock golf club in Long Eaton.

And he also stole alcohol from the Castle Inn pub, in Castle Donington, after sneaking inside through the smoking area and taking bottles from a fridge.

But, on that occasion, he was chased by the pub landlord who caught him and made him hand the booze back.

Jailing Werkowski-Freeman at Derby Crown Court, Judge Peter Cooke said: “It is not uncommon for a lot of thefts to be explained by an addiction to class-A drugs but the tally of offending I am dealing with here is really quite astonishing.

“You really were prolific during that time.

A thief who carried out what a judge called “an astonishing tally” of shoplifting offences over a four-month period has been jailed for 16 months.

Jordan Werkowski-Freeman burgled properties as well as stealing from 39 shops

Derby Crown Court heard how Jordan Werkowski-Freeman targeted supermarkets and stores in Borrowash, Ilkeston, Sawley, Long Eaton, Sandiacre and Stapleford on 39 occasions between July and November of this year.

The 28-year-old drug addict also committed three burglaries and took three bicycles, one of which belonged to a 13-year-old boy, that the teenager had been left outside Trent Lock golf club in Long Eaton.

And he also stole alcohol from the Castle Inn pub, in Castle Donington, after sneaking inside through the smoking area and taking bottles from a fridge.

But, on that occasion, he was chased by the pub landlord who caught him and made him hand the booze back.

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Jailing Werkowski-Freeman at Derby Crown Court, Judge Peter Cooke said: “It is not uncommon for a lot of thefts to be explained by an addiction to class-A drugs but the tally of offending I am dealing with here is really quite astonishing.

“You really were prolific during that time.

“There were 39 shop thefts, three burglaries and three thefts of pedal cycles and the total value of what you helped yourself to between July and November this year was more than £5,000.

Hannah Summers, prosecuting, said Werkowski-Freeman, of no fixed address, targeted supermarkets and stores across the Borrowash, Ilkeston and Long Eaton area including Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Boots stores, the Derby Telegraph reports.

She said: “The first offence took place on July and the most recent on November 8 and included several premises including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Boots and Lidl stores as well as smaller convenience stores.

“Typically, he would take food and household items and the total value of what he took from the shops was £3,274.81.”

Miss Summer said the burglaries included the one where he took alcohol from The Castle Inn, where the landlord saw him, chased and caught him and made him return the booze.

He also stole two bikes from outside Trent Lock golf club in Trent Lane, Long Eaton, on two separate occasions in October and a third bike from a man in Long Eaton on September 6.